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Last updated: June 2026

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1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using World Republic (the “Service”), and by signing in to the Service, you agree to these Terms of Use (“Terms”) and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service. World Republic is operated by a Swiss association (Verein). These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and World Republic. Please read them carefully before using the Service.

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2. Definitions

  • “Service” — the World Republic application, website, and related services.
  • “User,” “you,” or “your” — the individual accessing or using the Service.
  • “Content” — all information, data, text, software, graphics, and other materials available through the Service.
  • “User Content” — content you create, upload, or submit through the Service, including political parties and related information.
  • “WDD” — World Drachma, the digital token used within the Service.

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3. Description of Service

World Republic is an experimental global-democracy platform that enables people to participate in collective decision-making. The Service provides:
  • Identity verification to confirm you are a unique, live, real person, using AWS Amazon Rekognition Face Liveness, with Didit as an escalation path where the face liveness check cannot be completed.
  • Political party creation and management tools.
  • Non-binding test elections and voting (currently experimental).
  • A WDD balance and withdrawal functionality.
  • Community engagement and participation features.
We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue any aspect of the Service at any time, with or without notice.

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4. Eligibility and Account Registration

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4.1 Eligibility requirements

To use the Service, you must:
  • Be at least 18 years of age.
  • Have the legal capacity to enter into binding agreements in your jurisdiction.
  • Comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
  • Provide accurate information and keep it up to date.

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4.2 Account creation

You may create an account using:
  • Google sign-in, or
  • a passkey / biometric authentication (WebAuthn).
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your sign-in method and for all activities under your account.

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4.3 Account security

You agree to keep your sign-in method secure, to notify us promptly of any unauthorized use, and to log out on shared devices. We are not liable for loss arising from your failure to meet these obligations. To vote you must complete a face liveness check that processes biometric data, as described in our Privacy Policy. By starting verification you give explicit consent to that processing by us and by our service providers (AWS, and Didit on escalation). You may decline, but you will not be able to vote without completing verification. You may withdraw consent and request deletion at any time.

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6. Acceptable Use

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6.1 Permitted uses

You may use the Service for lawful purposes in accordance with these Terms and all applicable laws.

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6.2 Prohibited activities

You agree NOT to:
  • Violate any applicable law or regulation.
  • Infringe the intellectual property rights of others.
  • Transmit malicious code or harmful software.
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, other accounts, or systems.
  • Interfere with or disrupt the Service or its networks.
  • Create fake accounts or impersonate any person or entity.
  • Engage in fraudulent, deceptive, or illegal activity.
  • Manipulate, interfere with, or compromise voting or verification processes.
  • Harass, abuse, threaten, or harm other users.
  • Collect or harvest other users’ information without their consent.
  • Use the Service for commercial purposes without our prior written consent.
  • Use bots or scrapers to access the Service without permission.

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7. Test Elections and Voting

Important notice: test elections conducted through the Service are experimental, non-binding, and for demonstration purposes only. They:
  • Do not constitute binding governance decisions.
  • Are not legally enforceable.
  • Are intended solely for testing platform functionality.
  • Do not create legal obligations or rights.
  • May be modified, suspended, or discontinued at any time.
Results are for informational purposes and do not represent actual governance outcomes.

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8. Digital Currency (WDD)

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8.1 Nature of WDD

  • WDD (World Drachma) is a digital token used within the Service.
  • WDD has no guaranteed value and may fluctuate.
  • WDD is not a security, investment, or financial instrument.
  • We do not guarantee its value, stability, or liquidity.

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8.2 Balances and transactions

  • Internal WDD balances and rewards are recorded off-chain within the Service.
  • Withdrawals are executed on-chain (World Chain or Base) on your instruction.
  • Blockchain transactions may be irreversible. You are solely responsible for the accuracy of withdrawal details (destination address, amount, chain).
  • We are not responsible for losses due to user error, fraud or unauthorized transactions, technical or network failures, or changes in token value.

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8.3 Wallet security

You are responsible for securing your account, verifying transaction details before confirming, and for any losses resulting from unauthorized access to your account.

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9. Open Source, Intellectual Property, and User Content

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9.1 Open-source software

The World Republic application is free and open-source software, licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0). Your rights to use, study, modify, run, and redistribute the source code are governed by the AGPL-3.0 license itself — not by these Terms — and these Terms do not restrict any right granted to you under that license. Consistent with the AGPL-3.0, the software is provided without warranty (see Section 10). We do not claim trademark or other proprietary rights in the “World Republic” name or logo — the logo is deliberately a plain black circle that is not eligible for trademark protection. You are free to use the name and logo, including when you run your own instance of the software. We only ask that you not use them to impersonate the official Service or to falsely suggest affiliation or endorsement (see Section 6.2).

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9.3 User Content

  • You retain ownership of User Content you create.
  • By creating User Content, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, and display it in connection with the Service.
  • You represent that you have all necessary rights to grant this license.
  • We may remove or refuse any User Content that violates these Terms.

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10. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OPERATION, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

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11. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WORLD REPUBLIC AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited under mandatory Swiss law or other applicable mandatory consumer-protection law.

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12. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless World Republic and its officers, members, employees, and agents from any claims, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your use of the Service, your violation of these Terms or any law, your User Content, or your violation of any third-party right.

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13. Account Termination

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13.1 By you

You may delete your account at any time in the Service. See the Privacy Policy for what deletion does.

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13.2 By us

We may suspend or terminate your account, without prior notice, if you violate these Terms, engage in fraudulent or illegal activity, or where required by law, or if we reasonably determine it is necessary to protect the Service or other users.

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13.3 Effect of termination

Upon termination your right to use the Service ceases. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination will remain in effect.

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14. Changes to Terms

We may modify these Terms at any time. We will update the “Last updated” date and, for material changes, notify you through the Service. Your continued use after changes constitutes acceptance. If you do not agree, you must stop using the Service and may delete your account.

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15. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of Switzerland, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, and the courts of Zug, Switzerland have jurisdiction — except where mandatory consumer-protection law in your country of residence provides otherwise. The parties will first attempt to resolve any dispute in good faith, then through mediation, and finally through the competent courts or arbitration as applicable.

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16. Miscellaneous

  • Severability: if any provision is unenforceable, the remainder stays in effect.
  • Entire agreement: these Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and World Republic regarding the Service.
  • Waiver: failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it.
  • Assignment: you may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them without restriction.

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